United States: singer R. Kelly convicted of child pornography

R. Kelly, born in Chicago, rose to fame in the 1990s with hits like “I Believe I Can Fly”

The federal appeals court of USA confirm the 20 year prison sentence imposed on the singer R. Kelly by child pornography and other crimes, rejecting his lawyers’ argument that the charges are statute-barred.

The jueza Amy St. Eve argued in his ruling that Kelly abused underage girls for years and evaded the consequences by using a plan to keep them quiet.

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R. Kelly, 57, is already serving a s30-year sentence for extortion and sex traffickingdictated by a jury of Brooklyn in a separate federal trial. Both sentences will be served simultaneously, which could add up to a maximum of 31 years in prison.

Your lawyer, Jennifer Bonjeanannounced that Kelly will appeal the decision to the United States Supreme Court. The musician was convicted by a court of NY in 2022 for six of the 13 charges indicted, related to production of child pornography and incitement to a minor.

The federal conviction in Chicago It came a year later and was considered a milestone for the movement #MeToosince the majority of the accusers were black womenmarking the first time Kelly faced criminal consequences for abuse that had been the subject of rumors for decades.